Women Mean Business conference begins in UCC

Around 150 business women will gather in University College Cork later, for the annual Women Mean Business conference.

Now in its second year, this year's event will deal with the theme of confidence.

The event begins at 2.15pm today.

"There is increased anecdotal evidence that more women are going into business," said Women Mean Business founder Rosemary Delaney.

"It's whether they're going in out of choice or they've lost their jobs, been made redundant, that's the real question that we need to ask ourselves."